Photo credit: APM Terminals
APM Terminals, part of the Danish shipping giant A.P. Moller-Maersk, and Enna Group celebrated the official opening of Croatia’s Rijeka Gateway.
The celebration marks the opening of a container terminal of the Adriatic region after two years of construction and with commercial operations starting in September this year.
At the opening ceremony, the milestone was celebrated with Croatian prime minister Andrej Plenković, minister Oleg Butković, Denmark’s minister of foreign affairs Lars Løkke Rasmussen and many partners, colleagues and community representatives.
“Rijeka has a strategic advantage as first point of entry to central and South-Eastern Europe as well as being connected to fast inland services. And we hope soon to see a positive impact here in Croatia,” said Keith Svendsen, chief executive officer of APM Terminals.
Rijeka Gateway, a joint venture between APM Terminals and Enna Group, represents one of the largest private investments in logistics infrastructure in Croatia.
The gateway is included in the East-West network in the Gemini collaboration between Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd on the AE12/SE1 route.
In its first phase, the terminal has 400 meters of quay and an annual capacity of 650,000 TEU, which, after planned expansion in the next phase, will increase to 680 meters of quay and a capacity of over one million TEU.
The total investment in Rijeka Gateway exceeds €380m, and together with the value of transport infrastructure -from roads to the rail interface in and around the port- the investment reaches €600m. The total number of employees at the terminal will reach 300.
The terminal is equipped with four remotely operated ship-to-shore cranes (STS), 15 rubber-tired gantry cranes (RTG), two rail-mounted gantry cranes (RMG), and 28 terminal tractors.
All systems are connected to a single remotely operated control center, and the entire terminal is linked via Croatia’s first industrial private 5G-network.
